The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-10-15
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%lpOrtant Facts, Figures,
and Statistics.

' Icople, oiiH ~ o''"~'NN !" "
stern part Of Lincoln County,
W Mexico, 81 miles by the mail
ID from Carthage, the terminus
he San Pedro coal mine branch
the A. T. 81 s. f. 4. r., 1913
les from SOcorro, on the main
=, 1855 miles from FL Paso, Tex
and As from Lincoln, the Co.
t.
White Oaks is the largest town
he county, and the scat of IN
lortant supply trade. 1t is fine
situated in "a valley, among the
RS of the Carlo range, at an ell
ton of $40 feet above sea
ell. 1t has two religious organ
lions. Methodist and Congrega-
,alist, a large and prosperous
bic school, two weekly newspa-
$, five prosperous mercantile es-
lishmeuts, two hotels, two bill
ID alls, two blacksmith shops,
,e also a wagon shop,) one TWEEN
stamp gold mill in operation al
a Huntington Centrifugal mill,
4 a 10 stamp, gold mill.
Ae great Homestako Gold Mines
one mile N. w. of the centre Of
, town, and around them are a
zen rich mines, less developed.
most adjoining the town, on the
E.. are inexhaustible mines OF
al, varying from bituminous to
mi-anthracite. From four to
ven miles n. w. of the town, in
e Lone Mountain region, are eX-
nsive bodies of magnetic iron
es. of excellent quality and high
AIDE. Twenty miles south and
nth west lie the silver lead mines
the Bonito mining district, the
ch gold mines OF the Nogal min
2 district, and the copper Silver
ores of the west side"
ne town is abundantly supplied
ith water /; wood is abundant in
e foothills, and timber in the
ountain ranges.
White Oaks has a daily mail to
,rthage, on the railway, and to
e.. Stanton, 81 miles east. 1t is
c present objective point Of the
aicago, St. Louis & Ell Paso R.R.
wv building from FL Paso. Texas,
d is destined to be an important
int upon that railway when it Is
mpleted to Kansas City, as the
,ccssary link in the shortest posi-
c lire between Chicago ard the
" vi Mexico.
Inc County of Lincoln, in the
uth-castcrn corner of New MeNi-
g.. is $50 miles in extreme length,
al 1870 in extreme breadth, and
,ntnins 24,4 square miles. Ii
divided, from north I" south, by
,e Rir Pecos. an i7'uOrtant sirenil,
.hich receives within the c"uhrN
umerous tributaries arising i'll the
,st side of the Great Range.
The western part Of the County
divided bv mountains, locally
,own ~ the Gallinas. Jicarillns,
.rizos, Sierra Blancos, &C., al.
,rtions of the Great Mountain
ange dividing Eastern New Mex
o. The peaks of these ranges
,ry f~rom-Gallinas and Jacks
eak, about 5000 feet, to Carlo,
200, Nogal, 10000, and Sierra
10000.
The population of the County
as 5000 in 1885, now about6, 00C
he towns, other than W hite Oaks,
g Lincoln, San Pstriclo, Pichaco,
ICED. Dowlin's Mill, Galena, Ros.
ell, Seven Rivers, Three Rivers,
I'd Lookout.
T~wo-thirds of the County con
SITS OF fine grazing lands, mainly
eli watered, and stocked with
10. 600 head of cattle, an increase
1000 per cent. in 5 years. The
ngora goat has made his appear
ICE in the mountains of Lincoln
ounty, and he is here to stay. He
.nges where nothing else will and
exceedingly profitable to his
There are but few sheep
the county, about $1,000 horses
nd mules, .nd burros, anglia
ackass es,) like the sands of the
ashore, tor multitude,
On the Penasco, Ruidoso, Boni.
}, Hendo, Seven Rivers, Black
liver. and Pecos, there are the fin
It of agricultural lands. Fine
rms have been opened on al
lose streams, and upon them has
cen produced in exceptional quail
v and quantity every farm pro.
cts which can be raised at such
\ elevation. The experience OF
re late Chas. Fritz demonstrated
,at Lincoln County will produce,